It is it! This post officially launches the video OCUPAGRAFFITI # 2!!!

But, if you don't know this project, we have to go back in time to explain it, more precisely in August 2015.

Sunday. Sunny day. Expectation. Carring lot of paint, we went to the neighborhood of Campo Grande, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, to dive into a complex of buildings called "João Balaio". An occupation that is home to dozens of families for many years.

At first, what we see is garbage, animals, and other signs of poverty. But in a matter of seconds, the environment changes, and the feeling of host is amazing. We were welcomed as part of those families. Barbecue, beer, jokes, family atmosphere, conversation and even a birthday party. We were pulled to that universe, meeting people that have marked our lives.

In this event, we met the team of ILEGAL FILMES, group of urban guerrillas who use cameras as tools of change and awareness. The ILEGAL FILMES is already working on the field for 2 years, and has an intense contact with the world of graffiti and other street actions.

I decided to have a little chat with Paulo, one of the owners of ILEGAL FILMES and organizer of OCUPAGRAFFITI, to better understand this action.

> When I asked how was the contact with the families in this occupation and the reason of being involved in this act, the answer was beautiful.

The first time I painted there, we got connected in the situation. We found people that in the morning were picking up food and some counted bread for the rest of the week ... and later wanted to share that bread with us. While painting, many children appeared, and got hipnotised by something they had never seen before, something out of the violent routine of the West Side of Rio de Janeiro. I saw an inexplicable happiness in the eyes of children, because someone they didn't know have left home that day to bring a some color to a gray place and completely abandoned by the state. I believe I have an obligation to bring this joy to the kids and also to older people who got happy because someone care about them, bringing these interventions to where they live.

> How did the idea of OCUPAGRAFFITI born?

After the first day there, me and Xuxão (a reference in the street scene of Rio de Janeiro) talked and decided to organize the OCUPAGRAFFITI # 1. I talked to my partner Alan that we had to film the project, help spread what goes out there and show that even with all the difficulties that everybody have, they go forward with joy and hope for better days.

> For those who do not know, here is OCUPAGRAFFITI # 1:

> What is the relationship between ILEGAL FILMES and the STREETS?

Particularly as a writer, the Streets are very important to me, 'cause it taught me a lot in the past and still does today. The Street are a place where we enjoy our leisure working, and the name "ILEGAL" just comes from this marginal feeling, out of standards and legalities.

> About the organization of OCUPAGRAFFITI, Paulo also says:

I don't that term "organizer" for thinking that is linked with "leadership" or something. With OCUPAGRAFFITI we want a fully horizontal structure, where no one is more than anyone.

> To learn more about the ILLEGAL FILMS and its productions, check out: